In what is undoubtedly among the most dense and passionate podcasts of Chase "RedShirtKing" Wassenar and Walter "Ceades" Fedczuk's career, the two take a look at every angle they can find on the recent controversy surrounding making player salaries public, tracing the conversation back to Thoorin's Christmas Eve post and analyzing the arguments, intentions, and natural biases of everyone involved, including themselves. Topics include the asymmetry of knowledge and how current poaching protection rules accentuate that divide, the conflict of interest behind an organization "putting players first" by offering to help start a Players' Union, Riot's failure to capitalize on the commercial success of the professional scene (and how Venture Capitalists may be the best equipped to fix it), and the inherent hypocrisy of Counter Logic Gaming as seen in their abhorrent contract of ADC Stixxay during the 2015 season.
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